ON MONDAY, I MENTIONED a collection of house remixes of Lawrence Welk.
The weirdness continues, as several readers emailed about The Pink Panther’s Penthouse Party, a Henry Mancini remix collection that includes, among other things, a Fischerspooner remix of the Pink Panther theme, and similar efforts by the likes of Dmitri from Paris, Fatboy Slim, and Ursula 1000. (You can hear samples — which, really, is probably all you’d want to hear . . . — by following the link.)
What’s next? Hard-house versions of Pat Boone? Why not? It’d be bangin’. . . .
UPDATE: It’s not quite hard house, but reader Rob Port notes that Pat Boone did release a collection of heavy metal tunes some years back, entitled No More Mr. Nice Guy. I had forgotten that. There are streamable samples there, too — I think his cover of “Crazy Train” is my favorite. Er, if “favorite” is the right word. . . .
Lisa Lashes, call your office!